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Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development

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Editors:
  1. Karin D. Knorr

    1. Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Hermann Strasser

    1. Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

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  3. Hans Georg Zilian

    1. Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library (TDLU, volume 10)

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This book constitutes the outcome of an international conference held at the Otto-Mobes-Volkswirtschaftsschule, Graz-Stifting( Austria), from June 16 to 22, 1974. The conference was initiated by a project group working on determinants and controls of social science development at the In­ stitute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research in Vienna and or­ ganized by the editors of this volume. It was held under the auspices of the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research. The main topics of the conference were those at the forefront of the 'state of argumentation' (to borrow from one of our contributors) in philosophy and sociology of science ever since the controversy between Thomas S. Kuhn and Sir Karl R. Popper has sharpened our awareness for the methodological and substantial presuppositions involved with questions of growth and development in science. Let us give two examples of those topics. The borderline between sociology of science and philo­ sophy of science has become more and more unclear; while the work of at least some philosophers of science comes to have an empirical flavour, sociologists of science are increasingly apt to include logical and methodo­ logical components of the research process as their objects of examina­ tion. Papers included in this volume testify to both tendencies.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. After the Kuhnian Revolution: New Trends in Metascience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Karin D. Knorr, Hermann Strasser, Hans Georg Zilian
      Pages 3-10

    3. Prescriptive Theory and the Social Sciences

      • Robert I. Watson Sr.
      Pages 11-35

    4. Components of Scientific Activities, Their Characteristics and Institutionalisation in Specialties and Research Areas: A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Scientific Developments

      • Richard Whitley
      Pages 37-73

    5. On The Possibility of Objectivity and Moral Determinants in Scientific Change

      • Tibor R. Machan
      Pages 75-111

    6. The Moral Limits of Scientific Research: An Evolutionary Approach

      • Nicholas Capaldi
      Pages 113-141

    7. Preserving Science: Virtuosity as Virtue

      • David Silverman
      Pages 143-171

  3. Cognition and Communication in Science Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Introduction

      • Karin D. Knorr, Hermann Strasser, Hans Georg Zilian
      Pages 175-183

    3. A Sociological Theory of Scientific Revolution*

      • Nicholas C. Mullins
      Pages 185-203

    4. The Social Function of Cognitive Structures: A Concept of the Scientific Community Within A Theory of Action

      • Gernot Böhme
      Pages 205-225

    5. The Nature of Scientific Consensus and the Case of the Social Sciences

      • Karin D. Knorr
      Pages 227-256

    6. Images of The World and Societal Icons

      • H. Rom Harré
      Pages 257-283

  4. Societal Components in Scientific Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Introduction

      • Karin D. Knorr, Hermann Strasser, Hans Georg Zilian
      Pages 287-293

    3. Measurable Aspects of the Concept of Scientific Career

      • Maria Nowakowska
      Pages 295-322

    4. Scientists from Rich and Poor Countries

      • Jerry Gaston
      Pages 323-342

    5. The Autonomy of Science in Totalitarian Societies: The Case of Nazi Germany

      • Walter Hirsch
      Pages 343-366

    6. Philanthropic Foundations and the Production of Knowledge — A Case Study

      • David E. Morrison
      Pages 367-402
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

    Karin D. Knorr, Hermann Strasser, Hans Georg Zilian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development

  • Editors: Karin D. Knorr, Hermann Strasser, Hans Georg Zilian

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1831-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1975

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0600-3Published: 31 December 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1833-3Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1831-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 460

  • Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences

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